Science Confirms the Bible
The title of this blog is no doubt a controversial subject
in this modern day. I hope to show you just a few ways that this statement is
indeed a true one.
First, we will look at some of the claims of the creation
account.
Did you know that the Bible supports the existence of the supercontinent Pangea? Genesis 1:9 says “And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it
was so.”
In the Genesis account, the entire creation process took
only six days. Because of this, animals and plants that are symbiotic would
have been created within days of each other. The Evolutionary theory postulates
that symbiotic (codependent) animals and plants would have had to evolve at
exactly the same time in history. (For example, flowers and bees) A much more
believable explanation would be that they were created within a single week.
Genesis 1:26 says
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let him
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.”
The first part of that verse, “Let us make man in our
image,” provides explanation for why man was created with an inherent sense of
morality and justice as well as a desire for love and relationship—because he
was created in the image of a just, loving God.
The second part, “and let him have dominion...” explains why
humanity has superior intelligence over all animals. God created humanity to
have dominion.
Genesis 2:6 says “But there went up a mist from the earth,
and watered the whole face of the ground.” Earlier, in chapter 1, Genesis talks
about the firmament dividing the waters above from the waters beneath. Some
Christian scientists have explained that the earth used to be under a thick
layer of clouds, creating a greenhouse effect like the ozone layer, only much
thicker. The “waters beneath” would have
made the earth completely saturated with moisture and would have shielded
plants, animals and humans from harmful UV rays, which would have played a
large part in allowing people to live longer lives.
Genesis 2:7 gives a more detailed account of the creation of
man. “And the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” This verse is
consistent with the fact that the human body is carbon based and decays after
death.
In Genesis 3, after Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit,
Eve blamed her sin on the serpent. God then cursed the serpent (snake) saying
“…upon thy belly shalt thou go…” indicating that before the snake got around
some other way. Science tells us that snakes used to have feet. Of course,
evolutionists say that they evolved out of them but the Biblical record
provides an answer for us that, in my opinion, is more believable. (We will talk
a little more in depth about the faults and flaws of evolution in a later
blog.)
Not only do these few highlights of the creation account in
Genesis 1-3 support well-known scientific fact, but if read carefully, there is
nothing in these chapters that denies or conflicts with well known scientific fact.
These chapters do, however, directly conflict with the theory of
Evolution.
How do we know which one is correct? In the next blog I will
be discussing how Evolution cannot be considered fact when subjected to
science.
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